TSBE head to take on new role

BREAKING: Shane Charles has announced he will move on from his current position within Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise.

In a bulletin sent to members this afternoon, Mr Charles said he would take on the new position as chairman of the board from April next year.

"When I stepped back into the role as executive chairman in 2016, I indicated to the board that I would stay for 12 to 18 months, and true to this I have now indicated that from April 1 next year, there will be a new CEO in my place," he said.

Mr Charles listed a string of major projects he said TSBE had influenced in the region including the Toowoomba and wider Surat Basin being recognised as "the premier development organisation".

"We are now known as the gateway to the Surat Basin," he said.

"This was not the case on our inception. We have worked hard with gas companies to ensure they give locals the first opportunity for work in most cases."

TSBE will start recruiting for the CEO role this month "with a plan to have the candidate in the role from April 2018".

"I will continue in my work on various boards including as director of listed entity Energy Resources of Australia Limited, chairman of Sunrise Way Rehabilitation Limited, and as president of the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland," he said.

Mr Charles was the former CEO before moving into the executive chairman position.